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Tertiary education students' attitudes to the harmfulness of viewing and distributing child pornography
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Prichard, J and Spiranovic, C and Gelb, K and Watters, PA and Krone, T, Tertiary education students' attitudes to the harmfulness of viewing and distributing child pornography, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 23, (2) pp. 224-239. ISSN 1321-8719 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
DOI: doi:10.1080/13218719.2015.1042419
Abstract
Little research has examined public support for criminalising viewing and distributing child
exploitation material (CEM). Using an online survey of 431 undergraduate students from
Australia, we explored perceptions of the harmfulness of CEM. The majority of respondents
agreed that viewing and distributing CEM lead to further production and had a negative
effect on victims. Although 93% of respondents agreed that CEM involving real child
victims should be illegal, 22% did not agree that CEM involving pseudoimages should be
illegal. Those who demonstrated higher levels of agreement with explanations of the
harmfulness of CEM were more likely to be female, to have achieved postsecondary
qualifications, to have never viewed pornography, to support censorship of pornography, and
to believe that CEM involving pseudoimages of children should be illegal. The implications
of these findings are discussed.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | child pornography; law; public; social attitudes. |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Criminology |
Research Field: | Causes and prevention of crime |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Crime prevention |
UTAS Author: | Prichard, J (Associate Professor Jeremy Prichard) |
UTAS Author: | Spiranovic, C (Dr Caroline Spiranovic) |
ID Code: | 105824 |
Year Published: | 2016 (online first 2015) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
Deposited By: | Faculty of Law |
Deposited On: | 2016-01-15 |
Last Modified: | 2018-05-04 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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